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Gun picture thread

So the Kobra red dot I bought on the 20th, from dualdealshop on fleabay, turned up from Hong Kong today (actually yesterday now it's past midnight, so the 24th) - 4 days woohoo! I had to disassemble the whole side of it to get the dovetail side mount thingumajig on to the side of my AK, but for £47.50 i'm well pleased. The alternative reticule shapes look pretty decent (in a faux-Soviet way - ie like space invaders) and the brightness control produces noticeable results with each step, so it has more settings than 'so dim it's pointless, still too dim to use, nearly bright enough, bright enough but runs the battery down in 3mins flat'. Here it is on Morena:

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Painted my M24 :)

Simple olive + some net thing for snakeskin type effect (you can't really see it here)

Looks awesome, so much better than the black

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Should be able to take some better photos on Wednesday

Will be buying a scope and camo tape for it soon

 
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Okay, I don't actually take delivery until 28th Feb so these are not my pics, but my Owen gun is finished!!

Meet Evelyn:

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This earlier photo shows how she strips down for storage:

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Internally it's an ASG Sten Mk2 with a modified hop up. That means a modified ver7 gearbox. It takes MP40/Sten magazines. The entire hopup/barrel assembly can be removed using the barrel release catch, as you would on the real steel gun.

The Owen gun was the Australian equivalent of the Sten or the M3 Grease gun. It featured a vertical mag as this allowed mags to be changed whilst prone. The Sten also allows easy mag changes whilst prone but a mag in the side of the gun makes it more likely to catch on vegetation. A vertical mag also improves feeding. Unlike other submachine guns of it's era, it has the cocking handle in a separate section of the receiver from the bolt. The bolt will jam if dirt gets to it and the slot for the cocking handle is the most likely place for this to happen. This is the reason for the removable front end, as to strip it you have to take the bolt out from the front. In trials it was pitted against the Sten, Thompson and some german submachine guns, after immersion in sand and mud only the Owen would still fire. The design was not as cheap and easy to produce as the Sten, but Australia was in a very different position to the UK in that they were more self sufficient in terms of raw materials and their factories were not getting bombed.

Incidentally Evelyn Owen was the guy who invented it, hence my choice of name for this gun.

 
Somewhat ironic that you've got an Aussie airsoft gun, isn't it?

The Owen gun is feck ugly, although it was about function over form, so it was by all accounts a good weapon and much better than the STEN, so it's also ironic that it's got STEN internals. In any case, I'm happy you've got an awesome replica of the gun you really wanted. It does look the dog's bollox.

 
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Yay

My Tm meu arrived, and love it but it need a new hammer spring, as the one it's got stops the slide from dropping all the way forward every 2/10 shots or so

 
finally finished, skirmished and approved (by me) :lol: :D B) :ph34r:

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(asg mk23 socom, nine ball rail adapter, tactical flashlight & laser combo, Angry gun kriss vector 16mm to 14mm adapter, and a working airsoft silencer)

 
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